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How Long?
02:21
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How Long? (Demos Papadimas)
Well now how how long
How long can she wait ’til I get there
’Til my spirit is contented
And my mind is free from care
Well I traveled east and west
In highways and by sea
But no place ever fit me
So I’m ramblin’ to stay free
Well now how how long
How long can she wait ’til I get there
’Til my spirit is contented
And my mind is free from care
Routine of any kind
Is gonna grind man to his core
Fill his veins with restlessness
And leave his mind so sore
Well now how how long
How long can you wait ’til I get there
’Til my spirit is contented
And my mind is free from care
Don’t know where I’m going,
Can’t remember where I’ve been
It’s town to town and state to state
This life I’m livin’ in
Well now how how long
How long can she wait ’til I get there
’Til my spirit is contented
And my mind is free from care
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If I Had Religion
03:17
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If I Had Religion (Demos Papadimas)
Under the sapphire moon, I found the perfect disguise
Tried to keep the madness off, but into my mind it pries
The roads are gravel and grey, well the night sky’s an open grave
Oh but If I had religion maybe I’d have a soul to save
We hit the rain-soaked streets, just as midnight tolled
I snuck off with kisses more like looted gold
Crossed over the foreign seas, looked into foreign eyes
Oh but If I had religion maybe then I would comply
And I hope that redemption’s comin’ still
For the jackleg dreams that never I could kill
She’s the one still livin’ in my heart I do declare
Oh and If I had religion with every prayer I’d swear
Still I don’t want nothin’ but the rhymes inside my mind
A shirt on my back and a woman that is kind
I’ve had your city life and all its riches too
but If I had religion maybe simply that would do
Lived like a scholar, lived like a thief
Lived deep in pleasure and deep in grief
Still somehow I dodged so many evil eyes
That I ain’t got religion is really just a surprise
So all your midnight wisdom gonna burn in the noonday sun
You think you’re at the finish line, but you’ve really just begun
The past may be gone, but it’s still livin’ strong
And If I had religion who knows where I would belong
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Barrier Doors
04:23
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Barrier Doors (Demos Papadimas)
Well, some souls only rest upon their lovers’ toil
and I’m the sad, stuck man caught up in lost love’s coil
Well, I just can’t be freed, there ain’t no way to unwind
I’ve been starin’ at the past, and I’m starin’ my memory blind
I got empty bottles, empty glasses
Empty thoughts through which time passes
Empty cigarette packs down on empty floors
Feel like I’m headed through barrier doors
In the minutes, hours, and days, I have worried my mind into a craze
Ravin’ at the midnight hour, for the love that left me sour
Well the calm Riviera’s breeze, just left me with a heart to grieve
But now I’m drownin’ in dry white wine, but somehow I feel fine
I got empty bottles, empty glasses
Empty thoughts through which time passes
Empty cigarette packs down on empty floors
Feel like I’m headed through barrier doors
Well, the bottle ain’t got a drop, but I can’t bring myself to stop
Cause I’m always wanting more, though there’s nothing left to pour
Time is carrying me along, like the melody of a song
But the mysteries ain’t solved, in fact I think they’re even more involved
I got empty bottles, empty glasses
Empty thoughts through which time passes
Empty cigarette packs down on empty floors
Feel like I’m headed through barrier doors
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4. |
Double Knots
03:26
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Double Knots (Demos Papadimas)
My mind is tied in double knots
Fadin’ dreams and half-assed thoughts
Don’t matter where my sense got lost
Words ain’t savin’ me today
Bar room prayers and shameless stares
Have led me through many aimless affairs
Ain’t it plain by my disrepair
Words ain’t savin’ me today
Words ain’t savin’ me today
Time ain’t without limits
In this life of ours
I’m getting tired of the gimmicks
That are drainin’ each passin’ hour....
My mind’s been torn and ripped apart
Through storied wars with faithless hearts
Though it may seem it was split to start
Words ain’t savin’ me today
Words ain’t savin’ me today
Spend many days on worries
and there’s never nothin’ to gain
It’s just the same sad stories
you’re reciting in the rain....
My mind is tied in double knots
Fadin’ dreams and half-assed thoughts
Don’t matter where my sense got lost
Words ain’t savin‘ me today
Words ain’t savin’ me today
Words ain’t savin’ me today
Words ain’t savin’ me today.....
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5. |
Wasted Days
03:02
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6. |
Winds Foul And Fair
02:39
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Winds Foul and Fair (Demos Papadimas)
Winds Foul and Fair have blown me far from care
From shore to shore and further from your door
And everywhere I went led to every dollar spent
But no sights that I’ve seen kept me from any extreme
Your wasted eyes well they led me when I was blind
Through many darkened corners where love was just implied
I rode off in shambles and aimlessly I gambled
Met the fortune teller in shadows, who threw my fate to the gallows
Winds Foul and Fair have left me in despair
Forced me here to ride, so far from your side
And everywhere I went led to every dollar spent
But no sights that I’ve seen kept me from any extreme
Funny how time takes your words and leaves them insincere
Drains all raw emotions and makes them disappear
I’ve been wisened by the weather and all the love fate severed
Brought down by my perceptions and led here from your deceptions
Winds Foul and Fair have made it hard to bear
Pounded down the rains on the blessed and profane
And everywhere I went led to every dollar spent
But no sights that I’ve seen kept me from any extreme
Nah, no sights that I’ve seen kept me from any extreme
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7. |
In All The Years
03:16
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In All The Years (Demos Papadimas)
In all the years, you’ve worn so many faces
That deep in your skin, they’ve left some traces
Now scars have settled into a man in crisis
With too many woes and too many vices
But I told you once, told you a thousand more....
I told you ’til both my lungs were sore
In all the years, you’ve had such social graces
That carried you one by one, to numerous embraces
Held the rules of midnight in your palm
With every pretty girl, draped on your arm
But times ain’t static, and your fall feels automatic
And you’re cryin’ in vain for the words you can’t explain
But now the echoes of dreams
Are ringin’ in your head
But you’re stuck here
And you’re killin’ a time that’s dead
Just one step from the door.....
In all the years you’ve moved at many paces
Through all the winding turns of life’s crooked mazes
Never glanced once, in retrospect
Never let your days drown, drown in regret
But I told you once, told you a thousand more.....
I told you, ’til both my lungs were sore.....
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8. |
Poor Boy Blues
02:09
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9. |
Oh Persephone
02:32
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Oh Persephone (Demos Papadimas)
Oh, Persephone
Still I want you only
Though our rivers have run dry
You got a way of movin’
Listenin’ to Charlie Louvin
But you’re gonna pass me by
Oh, Persephone
They wrecked you, called you homely
But I always was so true
He took you from your mama
To that land down yonder
While I waited here for you
Night after night
By firelight
With vacant words so blue
Left in destitution
Inside my mind’s confusion
Waiting for spring to come with you......
Oh, Persephone
God Damn you still own me
Though we’re many years beyond
Beyond that callow vision
And with a weary wisdom
Of all the mysteries God has spawned
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Wanderin’ Through the Wilderness (Demos Papadimas)
So many people travelin’
Don’t know where they’re goin’ to
Always lookin’ for a future
That is always out of view
Squabble over stupid things
That never mattered none
When the truth is right in front of them
Shinin’ like the sun
Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness
Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness
Well you bounce around from addictions
and negative extremes
You live by superstitions
and your head floats round in dreams
Friends drift into darkness
Lovers further still
Takin’ their love from you
And your confidence’s will
Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness
Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness
You find comfort in the past
and you never look ahead
You’ve got many days in front of you
And you think they’re filled with dread
The future’s for us together
Why must it be so hard
To see what is so simple
Yet seems locked off and barred
Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness
Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness
Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness
Hey now....We’re wanderin’ through the wilderness
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11. |
Minore Tis Avgis
02:35
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12. |
Weary Words
05:20
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Weary Words (Demos Papadimas)
Was that my face you saw? Wanderin’ in a haze
Floatin’ like a lost man, caught up in some craze
Feelin’ like a stranger, stumblin’ all the while
Fleein’ my whole life, like it was up on trial
Well I set the place ablaze on one restless eve
Thinkin’ that a change just might grant some reprieve
But from the shores to the valleys, the hills to the plains
I never could get far enough from heartache’s deadly pains
Well another era’s gone it don’t belong to anyone
It’s fadin’ from my memory into oblivion
In this world of senseless rants, I have waited long for chance
But I know I just can’t stay, where weary words betray
Felt cold winds on my neck, ’til everything went numb
Crossed bridges in the moonlight and seaports bathed in sun
Watched the ferry boats arrive from some Aegean Isle
Scanned the people’s faces lookin’ for some stranger’s smile
Well now it’s early morning in a place called Place Bastille
And there’s a heavy poundin’ rain and it’s pourin’ down on me
Buses, streetcars, taxis pass me in this chill
Where even statues shiver, but I’m left standin’ still
Well another era’s gone it don’t belong to anyone
It’s fadin’ from my memory into oblivion
In this world of senseless rants, I have waited long for chance
But I know I just can’t stay, where weary words betray
Now steppin’ back to the streets that once we strutted down
But there’s no room for dreamin’, not this time around
Even simple thought has drifted from my sight
Out of my mind and out of my sense into confusion’s plight
So I plod along, I move my feet to the rhythm of this dream
But it don’t look that clear to me as bright as the sun may seem
So I cough and spit and scorn the words of the ones who trap our years
Who confiscate our laughter and send it back as tears
Well another era’s gone it don’t belong to anyone
It’s fadin’ from my memory into oblivion
In this world of senseless rants, I have waited long for chance
But I know I just can’t stay, where weary words betray
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Demos Papadimas Ohio
Singer-songwriter Demos Papadimas (guitar/vocals/harmonica/bouzouki) skillfully intertwines American roots music with Mediterranean influences. Discussing his influences, Papadimas cites Dylan-esque balladry, Leonard Cohen’s latter-day touring ensembles, string-band revivalists such as Old Crow Medicine Show as well as Greek Rembetiko—the “Greek Blues.” ... more
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